travel

El Cangrejo was at one time Panama's main Jewish
neighborhood. The principal reminders of those times are the Einstein head
sculpture and a nearby street named Via de los Combatientes del Gheto de
Varsovia

A walk around El Cangrejo

photos by Eric Jackson

The Ten Commandments in Parque Andrés Bello

Punk rock has also left its little marks on the neighborhood,
and if

you're into that sort of thing there's also a store to supply your
needs...

There are bigger supermarkets around, but this
neighborhood institution

is where you go if you cook a lot of your meals in a wok

Notice the third language added to the travel agency
sign

One of Panama's better English-language schools is just
the other side of the Transistmica

This Chinese Buddhist temple is a relatively recent
arrival to El Cangrejo

When the wind blows in the right direction, El Cangrejo
can smell the brewery

What an interesting thing they've done to Ludwig van,
adding to Via Argentina's

reputation as one of the capital's main restaurant
districts

Since the main drag is Via Argentina, it's natural that
there would be statues honoring Argentine

heroes like General Belgrano, one of the early Latin
American independence fighters